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8:55 AM ET, March 10, 2011

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New York Times:
Resignation Comes at Sensitive Time for NPR  —  In the midst of a brutal battle with Republican critics in Congress over federal subsidies, NPR has lost its chief executive after yet another politically charged embarrassment.  —  Vivian Schiller, who joined NPR two years ago …
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Mark Memmott / NPR:
NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Resigns
Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
NPR president Vivian Schiller resigns
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: AOL Will Lay Off Several Hundred Employees, Starting Tomorrow  —  The AOL layoffs are finally here, and they are smaller than some had been expecting.  —  According to several people close to the situation, the New York-based Internet giant will lay off up to several hundred …
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Nicholas Carlson / SAI:
THE GORY DETAILS: Tim Armstrong's Layoffs Memo  —  AOL is going to fire hundreds of people today following its merger with the Huffington Post.  —  We have the memo from AOL CEO Tim Armstrong.  —  Highlights:  — The severance package.  “Affected employees will be notified today …
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Hearst's Carey: Tablets Will Provide 25 Percent Of Magazines' Circulation  —  The notion that the iPad was going to save newspapers and magazines had been diminishing somewhat lately, especially since publishers have tended to regard Apple's 70/30 revenue split for digital subscriptions coupled.
Richard J. Tofel / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Someday, the sun will set on SEO — and the business of news will be better for it  —  Editor's Note: Richard J. Tofel is general manager at ProPublica, a Wall Street Journal veteran, and author of a number of books, most recently Eight Weeks in Washington, 1861: Abraham Lincoln and the Hazards of Transition.
Chris Dary / Readability Blog:
Meet the New Readability Mobile  —  With the re-launch of Readability as a full-fledged reading platform, we made a commitment to deliver the best possible reading experience not only in your web browser but on mobile and tablet devices as well.  —  Today, we're excited to announce the release of the new …
Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:
NY Times responds to backlash against portrayal of 11-year-old rape victim  —  The New York Times came under attack Wednesday from bloggers claiming that James C. McKinley Jr.'s disturbing March 8 article about the alleged gang-rape of an 11-year-old girl laid blame on the prepubescent victim.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
On Apple TV Special Apps, Sports, And The Slow Bleeding Of Cable  —  Buried today in the iOS 4.3 release is an unmentioned, but very interesting update for the Apple TV: access to both MLB.tv and NBA League Pass.  Yes, the live sports are coming to the Apple TV!
The Atlantic Wire:
Megan McCarthy: What I Read  —  How do other people deal with the torrent of information that pours down on us all?  Do they have some secret?  Perhaps.  We are asking various people who seem well-informed to describe their media diets.This is from an email exchange with Megan McCarthy …
Discussion: @megan
Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
David Broder dies; Pulitzer-winning Washington Post political columnist  —  David S. Broder, 81, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post and one of the most respected writers on national politics for four decades, died Wednesday at Capital Hospice in Arlington of complications from diabetes.
Hollywood Reporter:
Katie Couric Pursuing Syndicated Talk Show … The following story appears in the latest issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine on newsstands Thursday.  —  With Katie Couric's contract set to expire in early June, the anchor is closing in on a decision about whether to stay at CBS News …
Discussion: TVWeek.com
Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:
Flipboard To Release New Version Thursday: Here's What's New [PICS]  —  Flipboard is slated to launch version 1.2 of its popular social newsreading app for the iPad Thursday, just one day before the iPad 2 arrives in Apple stores across the country.  —  Flipboard co-founder Evan Doll walked us through the new features, including:
TechCrunch:
LinkedIn Is About To Make Headlines  —  Editor's note: The following guest post was written by Mrinal Desai, an early employee of LinkedIn who is also co-founder of CrossLoop and addappt.  You can follow him on Twitter.  —  A lot has been written about social news and how Twitter and Facebook …
Discussion: SAI and Bloggasm
Evelyn M. Rusli / DealBook:
As Charlie Sheen Tweets, Twitter's Valuation Grows  —  Actor Charlie Sheen has tweeted the word “winning” more than a dozen times since starting his Twitter account on March 1.  —  It may seem like a peculiar mantra, given the recent spectacle of his life and his many bizarre interviews.
 
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Andrew Wallenstein / paidContent:
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As redesign settles in, buyouts commence at Newsweek
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Magazines' iPad Editions Struggle to Keep Your Attention, New Study Finds
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
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Reuters:
Firm sues AP over Times Square bombing images
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Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
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Martin Langeveld / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The flip side of black hat SEO: If your news site publishes paid links, you risk suffering Google's wrath
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
TV.com Head Anthony Soohoo Leaves CBS
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple aims to debut iOS 18.1 and Apple Intelligence on October 28 and unveil a new iPad mini and Macs in late October; some could ship from November 1

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
An interview with AWS CEO Matt Garman on generative AI, AWS' AI chatbot Q, shutting down services, investing in open source, open sourcing projects, and more

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